Slide 3
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LECYTHIDACEAE ARE KNOWN FOR THE BRAZIL NUT
and
THE CANNON BALL TREE

Upper left: Brazil nuts are the largest nuts in a can of mixed nuts.

Upper right: Homero dos Santos removing Brazil nut seeds from a Brazil nut fruit.

Lower left: Flowers of the cannon ball tree, a species widely culitvated in tropical botanical gardens.

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